About Us

Navex was founded and started off its activity as a Shipping Agent in the port of Lisbon on October 9th, 1967

About Us

Navex was founded and started off its activity as a Shipping Agent in the port of Lisbon on October 9th, 1967. Navex initially developed at a fast pace leading the Directors to decide on opening a new office at the main Northern-Portuguese port of Oporto, followed by the southern-port and one of the fastest-developing hubs of Sines. Later on Navex opened further offices presently including branches in the ports of Setúbal, Aveiro, Faro, Figueira da Foz, Viana do Castelo and the Islands of Madeira and the Azores.

  • Leader Shipping Agent

    Leader Shipping Agent in the Portuguese market in number of vessel calls.

  • Dedicated

    "customer service" unit, marked by the experience and motivation of his team.

  • National coverage

    National coverage that includes all major ports and economic areas in Portugal and Cape Verde, providing an integrated intermodal transport door to door to fulfill the needs of each customer.

Our Company initiated its activity by representing and attending at Lisbon the regular line services of the German shipowner O.P.D.R. - Oldenburg Portugiesische Dampfschiffs-Rhederei and later also the shipowners P.O.L., M.A.C.S. - Maritime Carrier Shipping, Laser Lines, Transroll, Hamburg Sued, Mutualista Açoreana, Vieira & Silveira, Transinsular and Boluda, covering all merchant areas of Northern Europe, Western and South African Coast, American Continent and the Portuguese Islands of Madeira and the Azores.

Navex soon decided to keep a policy of intensive investments on Information Technology connecting its different offices to shipowners and later on to the competent maritime entities and authorities, avoiding the then traditional use of paper-proof and substantially increasing efficiency and productivity.

The lasting confidence and trust from our shipowners’ network as well as our clients has maintained and supported our activity throughout the years. Together with our innovative profile and constant actualization spirit we have entailed a readiness to overcome all types of challenges and add significant value to our technical solutions. This capacity was later reinforced by the Quality Certification that leaded the company throughout a deeply intensive restructuring and reorganizational work with a strong impact on the satisfaction of clients and partners. Our efforts have therefore contributed to the development of maritime transportation in Portugal and the responsive increase of our country exports.

Navex is part of one of the main maritime Groups in Portugal, Grupo ETE, which initiated in 1936 based on stevedoring and specialized load and discharging port services, both on-peer but also with a then innovative middle-river cross-docking solution. Grupo ETE is today intensively present in all maritime activities in Portugal covering different areas of this attractive sector.